Today's News

HILLSVILLE — A local family and a veterinarian will receive treatment for rabies after being exposed to an infected calf, according to the Mount Rogers Health District.
Lab testing on the cow’s brain, submitted by the Carroll County Health Department, confirmed that the calf had contracted rabies.
The rest of herd remains under observation, health department officials report.

ROANOKE — A 23-year-old Galax man will spend 78 months in federal prison for dealing methamphetamine, after a sentencing hearing Monday.
Allen Michael Mallory, along with one co-defendant, was named in a federal grand jury indictment in August 2011, charging him with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a substance containing meth, a schedule II controlled substance.
Mallory pleaded guilty to the charge in November 2011.

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District Court

These sentences were recorded in October in the Grayson County General District Court Office, Independence. Sentences may be appealed: